Security researchers recently unveiled findings about malware that came preinstalled on a Vodafone mobile phone handset.

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Malware Gets Smart with Vodafone Smartphone

Researchers from Microsoft recently unearthed exploits targeting the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability. On February 16, Adobe released a security advisory describing a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.X and 9.X. Once the vulnerability is exploited, attackers gain the capability to perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on affected systems.

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More Adobe Exploits in the Wild

April 3 cannot come soon enough for those who are eager to get their hands on the iPad . If anything, Apple ’ s recent announcement that the gadget will soon be available in the United States only added to the excitement over the much-talked-about gadget.

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iPad Giveaway Gives Users’ Identities Away

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued a new vulnerability note . However, this particular “vulnerability” concerns a rather unusual product—a USB charger for rechargeable batteries.

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USB Battery Chargers with Malware?

Spam about diet or weight loss plans have been around for ages now, mostly spreading through email. However, spammed messages recently made their rounds on Twitter, compromising unwitting users’ accounts and spreading via these infected accounts. Compromised Twitter accounts post Tweets that tell their followers to click the shortened link to try out a new diet/weight loss plan.

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Diet Twitter Spam (on the) Run

Following the shutdown of the Mariposa botnet recently, three alleged members of the group behind the said botnet were finally arrested last week by the Spanish Police, although they are still pursuing another suspect that may still be at large somewhere in South America. The Mariposa botnet was one of the largest botnets to date. It was reportedly responsible for attacking millions of businesses around the world, including Fortune 1000 companies, in a mission to steal online banking, business, and personal information from compromised systems.

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Mariposa Botnet Perpetrators Captured

Where news leads, cybercriminals follow.

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Chile Earthquake Used For Blackhat SEO and FAKEAV

Phishing and its effects–namely, identity fraud –continue to grow. Unfortunately, it is now easier than ever to carry out these kinds of attacks

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Phishing Made “Super”

How many social network accounts do you have? How much time do you spend on your network content and application updates?

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Daily Homework – Log in to Your Social Network Account

TrendLabs Web content security analysts recently received spammed messages (see Figure 1) purporting to come from the Bank of Nevada . At first, the attack seems just like any other common phishing attack. However, users who are tricked into clicking the URL embedded in the spammed messages will be redirected to a fake Bank of Nevada home page (see Figure 2)

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Phishers Hit the Bank of Nevada